Publisher's Synopsis
A nice edition with 16 illustrations for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
The Man Who Would Be King is about two British adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was published in the 1894 anthology The Jungle Book. It follows the adventures of a valiant young Indian gray mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as he becomes the pet of a British family in India as protection against cobras.
Without Benefit of Clergy is the story of a young English engineer in India who falls in love with the native girl Ameera, buying her from her mother.
